Air Canada vs Cathay as a career
I hope to be joining CX or AC as an "Off The Street" (non-regional) with ~ 6,000 hours, ~ 3,000 jet (over 2,000 medium jet > 70 Tons) plus management time, etc.
Base preference: Vancouver (or Hong Kong if CX) #1, Toronto #2.
Pension = ? Which is the better of the two?
Pay = ? (Overall, I mean. The first years are known but will one pay better than the other in terms of pocket cash? Taxes a big factor, of course.)
Time to command = ? All I can find out is at CX it is about 4 to 5 years on the freighter side to command.
All things considered, gaze into your collective crystal balls and help my look down both streets from the cross-roads here. And just the facts as best guessed, please. The bashing and naysayers have already spoken. I would appreciate best speculations on the above. Thanks very much.